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star joked he'd 'break his arms' as he declined taking part in Gloucestershire's annual Cheese Rolling Race.
The 24-year-old star and farmer contractor at TV's 's Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds said he had no plans to take in the event despite his love for cheese.
'I'm not going to do the race, no, I'll end up breaking all my arms,' he joked to an interviewer.
Speaking about the annual event, he added: 'It's crazy, I'm just writing my second book and this is the first thing I wanted to write about.'
Daredevils were filmed in the infamous event which involves competitors chasing a 7lb Double Gloucester cheese rolling down a steep 200 yard hill.
Canadian woman Delaney Irving won the women's race, despite having no memory of it after being knocked unconscious on the way down.
Kaleb Cooper (left) star of Clarkson's Farm speaks to Matt Crolla, aged 28 from Salford, after Crolla won the first men's downhill Cooper's Hill Cheese race
Participants compete in the women's downhill race during the Cheese Rolling contest
Cooper Cummings, from the United States celebrates, after winning another of the men's downhill races
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event where participants race down the 200-yard (180 m) long hill chasing a wheel of double gloucester cheese
The antiquated sport, which has no official organisers, went ahead on Bank Holiday Monday despite safety fears.
The county's Local Resilience Forum - made up of local councillors and representatives of the emergency services - met to discuss their worries about the annual event, where people roll cheeses down Cooper's Hill.
One senior penipu police officer even said there was a 'risk of mass casualties' if something went wrong.
Chief Superintendent Arman Mathieson, who is the gold commander for the event, said it is 'unsafe' for both spectators and participants.
'If a major incident were to occur, if people were to slip at the top of the hill and fall, we would have a crush, we would have multiple casualties and we would have a requirement to respond.'
Contestants take part in the annual Cheese Race at Coopers Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire this Bank Holiday Monday
The event which involves competitors chasing a 7lb Double Gloucester cheese rolling down a steep 200 yard hill
Spectators taking photos of the annual event, which has no official organisers
This year, with no police or paramedics in attendance, players chased a 9-pound, round Double Gloucester cheese down Cooper's Hill
Matt Crolla (left), aged 28 from Salford, celebrates with a friend after winning and injuring himself in the first men's downhill Cooper's Hill Cheese race
Participants rush to take part in the first Cooper's hill women's downhill race
Rocco Cove (centre) holds his cheese after winning an uphill race
Visitors wear comical cheese-themed hats during today's famous Cheese Rolling contest
The 'lack of appropriate planning' means that emergency services would struggle to respond, he added.
Hundreds of people gather at Cooper's Hill, near Brockworth, to watch the event, which is thought to have its roots in a pagan festival to celebrate the return of spring.
Competitors chase a 3kg Double Gloucester cheese rolling down the steep 180m hill.
Many trip and tumble as they go, but pick themselves up and resume the chase.
The steep gradient means the event is not for the faint-hearted, and the cheese can reach speeds of up to 70mph, with the first runner to catch it crowned the winner.
The county's Safety Advisory Board, which is also represented at the Local Resilience Forum, said it was 'willing to work with representatives from the event to ensure the event can be made safer'.
The Safety Advisory Group said it was willing to help the organisers get the right documentation and insurance in place.
Three men tumble down Cooper's Hill while chasing a wheel of Gloucestershire cheese
A large group of women slid down the hill as they took part in the downhill race today in Brockworth, Gloucestershire
One participant receives medical treatment after the Cheese Rolling contest
Matt Crolla, 28 from Salford, wields his mighty cheese with both hands after winning the first men's downhill Cooper's Hill cheese race
The steep gradient means the event is not for the faint-hearted, and the cheese can reach speeds of up to 70mph
Many trip and tumble as they go, but pick themselves up and resume the chase
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